Reducing uncertainty in the climatic interpretations of speleothem δ18O

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2259-2264

  Jex, C N ^a,b   Phipps, S J ^a   Baker, A ^a,b   Bradley, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheric circulation; karst hydrology; modeling; oxygen isotope; speleothem; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; KARST HYDROLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SPELEOTHEM; UNCERTAINTY;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COOL WATER; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPELEOTHEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CASPIAN SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84879950758     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50467     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. 18O: Instrumental calibration and forward modelling, Glob. Planet. Change, 71 (3-4), 201-206.
2. 18O and growth rate parameters in two Ethiopian stalagmites, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 71 (12), 2975-2988.
3. 18O: An example from NW Scotland, Clim. Past, 8, 1153-1167.
4. 18O and the implications for stalagmite palaeoclimate reconstructions, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 29 (17-18), 2201-2214.
5. Cai, B., N. Pumijumnong, M. Tan, C. Muangsong, X. Kong, X. Jiang, and, S. Nan, (2010), Effects of intraseasonal variation of summer monsoon rainfall on stable isotope and growth rate of a stalagmite from northwestern Thailand, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D21104, doi: 10.1029/2009JD013378.
6. 18O with instrumental climate records from Turkey, Glob. Planet. Change, 71 (3-4), 207-217.
7. Jex, C. N., A. Baker, J. M. Eden, W. J. Eastwood, I. J. Fairchild, M. J. Leng, L. Thomas, and, H. J. Sloane, (2011), A 500 yr speleothem-derived reconstruction of late autumn-winter precipitation, northeast Turkey, Quaternary Res., 75 (3), 399-405.
8. Kim, S.-T., and, J. R. O'Neil, (1997), Equilibrium and nonequilibrium oxygen isotope effects in synthetic carbonates, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 61 (16), 3461-3475.
9. Kutiel, H., (2011), A review on the impact of the North Sea-Caspian Pattern (NCP) on temperature and precipitation regimes in the Middle East, in Survival and Sustainability, edited by, H. Gökçekus, U. Türker, and, J. W. LaMoreaux, pp. 1301-1312, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
10. Kutiel, H., and, Y. Benaroch, (2002), North Sea-Caspian Pattern (NCP)-An upper level atmospheric teleconnection affecting the Eastern Mediterranean: Identification and definition, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 71 (1), 17-28.
11. Kutiel, H., P. Maheras, M. Türkeş, and, S. Paz, (2002), North Sea-Caspian Pattern (NCP)-An upper level atmospheric teleconnection affecting the eastern Mediterranean-Implications on the regional climate, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 72 (3), 173-192.
12. Lohmann, G., A. Wackerbarth, P. M. Langebroek, M. Werner, J. Fohlmeister, D. Scholz, and, A. Mangini, (2013), Simulated European stalagmite record and its relation to a quasi-decadal climate mode, Clim. Past, 9 (1), 89-98.
13. Mattey, D., D. Lowry, J. Duffet, R. Fisher, E. Hodge, and, S. Frisia, (2008), A 53 year seasonally resolved oxygen and carbon isotope record from a modern Gibraltar speleothem: Reconstructed drip water and relationship to local precipitation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 269 (1-2), 80-95.
14. van Oldenborgh, G. J., M. A. Balmaseda, L. Ferranti, T. N. Stockdale, and, D. L. T. Anderson, (2005), Evaluation of atmospheric fields from the ECMWF seasonal forecasts over a 15-year period, J. Climate, 18 (16), 3250-3269.
15. Phipps, S. J., L. D. Rotstayn, H. B. Gordon, J. L. Roberts, A. C. Hirst, and, W. F. Budd, (2011), The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model version 1.0-Part 1: Description and evaluation, Geosci. Model Dev., 4, 483-509.
16. Phipps, S. J., L. D. Rotstayn, H. B. Gordon, J. L. Roberts, A. C. Hirst, and, W. F. Budd, (2012), The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model version 1.0-Part 2: Response to external forcings, Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 649-682.
17. Rowe, P. J., J. E. Mason, J. E. Andrews, A. D. Marca, L. Thomas, P. van Calsteren, C. N. Jex, H. B. Vonhof, and, S. Al-Omari, (2012), Speleothem isotopic evidence of winter rainfall variability in northeast Turkey between 77 and 6 ka, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 45, 60-72.
18. Sturm, C., Q. Zhang, and, D. Noone, (2010), An introduction to stable water isotopes in climate models: benefits of forward proxy modelling for paleoclimatology, Clim. Past, 6 (1), 115-129.
19. Tatli, H., (2007), Synchronization between the North Sea-Caspian pattern (NCP) and surface air temperatures in NCEP, Int. J. Climatol., 27 (9), 1171-1187.
20. Türkeş, M., and, E. Erlat, (2003), Precipitation changes and variability in Turkey linked to the North Atlantic oscillation during the period 1930-2000, Int. J. Climatol., 23 (14), 1771-1796.
21. Türkeş, M., and, E. Erlat, (2005), Climatological responses of winter precipitation in Turkey to variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the period 1930-2001, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 81 (1), 45-69.
22. Uppala, S. M., et al. (2005), The ERA-40 re-analysis, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131 (612), 2961-3012.
23. 18O value of cave drip water and speleothem calcite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 299 (3-4), 387-397.
24. Wackerbarth, A., P. M. Langebroek, M. Werner, G. Lohmann, S. Riechelmann, A. Borsato, and, A. Mangini, (2012), Simulated oxygen isotopes in cave drip water and speleothem calcite in European caves, Clim. Past, 8 (6), 1781-1799.
25. Yadava, M. G., R. Ramesh, and, G. B. Pant, (2004), Past monsoon rainfall variations in peninsular India recorded in a 331-year-old speleothem, Holocene, 14 (4), 517-524.